In ancient Chinese dynasties, there were many incidents of peace and affinity, and marriage with relatives was an important way to avoid disputes and maintain peace between different countries and different nationalities, and to achieve the conditions of good-neighborliness and friendship between the two countries in this way could avoid war between the two countries and maintain the tranquility of the borders of the two countries, which played an extremely important role in the social stability and development of the two countries.
In history, some are active and kind, some are forced to be helpless, which depends on whether the dynasty at that time can have a certain strength to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, if there is enough strength, but also choose peace and affinity, it is naturally for better development, such as Princess Wencheng into Tibet Songzan Gampo to the Tang Dynasty, but if the strength is not invincible, then peace is an important way to avoid war.
Although he and kin can change the relationship between the two countries, maintain the tranquility of the border between the two countries, and provide opportunities for peaceful development, for the individual women who are sent to the peace and relatives, they have lost the right to freely choose love and have become a political tool, without their own rights and freedoms.
The famous story of Zhaojun's departure in history must be known to the world, and Wang Zhaojun is a woman who was sent to make peace, so what is Wang Zhaojun's life in a foreign country? How did the Xiongnu treat Wang Zhaojun? A mural in the Mogao Caves reveals the truth.
In order to ensure the tranquility of the Han Dynasty, Zhaojun went out and kissed
During the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu forces developed and expanded the Han Dynasty against the attack of the Xiongnu, in order to maintain the tranquility of the Han Dynasty society and the stability of the Han Dynasty regime, the Han Dynasty ruler han yuan emperor at that time would naturally choose the usual means of peace and affinity, through which to alleviate the conflicts and contradictions between the two countries, this kind of peace and affinity is the forced peace and affinity mentioned above, which is also a choice that the rulers of the dynasty had to make.
At that time, there was no suitable person to be sent to the Xiongnu and his relatives, and no one was willing to go even among the many women, and at this time, Wang Zhaojun volunteered and decided to go to the Xiongnu and his relatives, hoping to win a peace for his country and people, and thus there was a story of Zhaojun's departure later.
And Zhaojun, as one of the four great beauties in history, why was Emperor Yuan of Han not accepted as a concubine, but sent her to the Xiongnu and his relatives? In fact, there are certain reasons for this, it is rumored that when the emperor chooses concubines, because there are too many women participating in the selection of concubines, it is up to the painter to paint the faces of these women, and then present them to the emperor for selection.
And there are a lot of black-box operations in this, that is, these women who participate in the selection of concubines will use a certain amount of money to buy the painter and want the painter to paint them
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More beautiful, then it is likely to be selected by the emperor, but at that time Wang Zhaojun did not have the money to bribe the painter, so the painter deliberately painted it ugly, and naturally did not become one of the concubines.
And when Wang Zhaojun was sent to the Xiongnu and his relatives, Emperor Yuan of Han was very surprised to see Wang Zhaojun's appearance, such a beautiful woman, why did not see it in the painter's painting at that time? Later, it was learned that it was the painter who operated in the dark, and because of this, the Han Yuan Emperor missed Wang Zhaojun, a beautiful person, and at this time, he had promised to send Wang Zhaojun to the Xiongnu and his relatives, and naturally could not regret it, just like this, Wang Zhaojun embarked on the road out of the jam.
The dilemma that Wang Zhaojun faced in a foreign country
As we all know, Wang Zhaojun, as a southern woman, had to go to the country where the Xiongnu were located in order to make peace, and this faced great difficulties for Wang Zhaojun, which meant that he would be far away from his homeland and live in a foreign country for the rest of his life, and even if he died, he would be buried in the country where the Xiongnu were located.
Not only that, Wang Zhaojun also faced other more problems, such as the natural environment and climatic characteristics of the xiongnu area, the eating habits and dietary characteristics of the Xiongnu, and even faced the differences in language and culture, which also brought a lot of problems to Wang Zhaojun
And the great dietary difference between the two countries, so that Wang Zhaojun is difficult to adapt to in a short period of time, and even because of various factors and the Han Dynasty has a great difference, which makes Wang Zhaojun almost die, fortunately, Wang Zhaojun is also a strong, with a firm belief in the woman, these difficulties are also overcome by him little by little, no longer obstacles.
But some things are inevitable after all, that is, the cultural differences between the nationalities, Wang Zhaojun, who was married to the Xiongnu, faced the problem of how to establish his own status and protect himself from being bullied, after all, he was sent as a political tool to be sent and pro-, and at this time, the Han Dynasty was far from being stronger than the Xiongnu, naturally there was no right to speak, and Wang Zhaojun was also equivalent to a tool for maintaining peace between the two countries, naturally there was no status to speak of, so in fact, how did the Xiongnu treat Wang Zhaojun?
The murals of the Mogao Caves reveal the truth about the Xiongnu's treatment of Wang Zhaojun
Wang Zhaojun, who married to a foreign country, faced many difficulties and problems, and may even be oppressed and bullied by these foreigners. So how was Wang Zhaojun treated by the Xiongnu in history? In fact, in the historical data, Wang Zhaojun did not live very well in the xiongnu country, but he was not bullied by foreigners, the reason is very simple, that is, Wang Zhaojun had a peerless appearance, and became the wife of the Xiongnu leader at that time, naturally he would have a higher status.
However, since the ancient red face has many disasters, but also because of Wang Zhaojun's appearance, he has married two rulers, such a choice is naturally forced, after all, Wang Zhaojun was sent to peace, and how can he have the right to choose, although he was not oppressed, but he lived the life of a foreigner all day long, and married two husbands successively, which was also very painful for Wang Zhaojun.
So how did the Xiongnu's courtiers and people treat Wang Zhaojun? The murals of the Mogao Grottoes in later generations record this
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Related historical facts, the carvings in the murals are the people who came to commemorate Wang Zhaojun after her death, and these people used a very noble funeral method to express their respect and love for Wang Zhaojun, which is the self-mutilation dance.
To put it simply, this dance is to express the grief of the Xiongnu at that time for the death of Wang Zhaojun through self-harm, these people used knives to stab themselves, some cut off their facial features and limbs, and even more directly stabbed themselves with a knife to their hearts, so that the way of remembrance is undoubtedly full of blood, and let the people of later generations feel very shocked.
Therefore, from the murals, we can know that the Xiongnu at that time still treated Wang Zhaojun with great respect, and it can also be seen that Wang Zhaojun was very noble in terms of his identity and status in people's hearts, so although Wang Zhaojun did not live well, he was loved by the Xiongnu people.
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From the above point of view, although Wang Zhaojun's life in a foreign country is not very good, but he is very respected and loved by the Xiongnu people, and it is also The dedication and contribution made by Wang Zhaojun that has enabled the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu to achieve long-term peace, avoid the outbreak of war, and bring stable and prosperous development opportunities to the people of the two countries.